Sogou has implemented its AI technology in search, input method and other core products in the past year. In March this year, the first hardware product of Sogou's AI strategy, Sogou Travel Translation Treasure, was launched. In early May, it brought a more innovative second hardware product, Sogou Recording Translation Pen.
Sogou recording translation pen is more innovative than the previous Sogou translation travel treasure theory. Unlike Sogou translation travel treasure, it is more improved on the current translation machine. On the basis of the traditional recording pen, Sogou recording translation pen combines AI technology, and adds three functions: recording transcription, real-time simultaneous interpretation, and dialogue translation, Such a heavyweight innovation is more likely to bring revolutionary changes to the field of recording pens. How about Sogou's recording translation pen?
small and exquisite
The package of Sogou recording translation pen adopts a push-pull design. When you open it, you can see the body of the recording pen. The whole package is also very small, which is only slightly larger than Sogou recording translation pen.
There are not many accessories, only the warranty manual and a microUSB data cable.
The theme color of Sogou recording translation pen is black, covered with skin like coating, and has a good grip. With a small body and a weight of only 30g, it is not easy to get tired even if you hold it for a long time. It is very practical.
The three buttons on the Sougou recording and translation pen are the recording key and the voice translation red key/blue key. They feel good and are not easy to touch by mistake.
On the other side, there are indicator lights and microphone holes, both of which use hidden design to maximize the visual effect of integration.
The logo on the top is printed with Sogou recording translation pen, and a circle of orange package makes it flexible, which adds a bit of vitality to Sogou recording translation pen with strong business atmosphere, and this is also the location of the speaker, which is very exquisite in design.
The bottom is also equipped with a hidden power key, a microUSB interface and a lanyard hole.
Sogou recording translation pen can be said to be small and exquisite, which is suitable for carrying around. The hidden design in many places makes it highly integrated, and the workmanship is also satisfactory. The face value is definitely the top in the recording pen.
Transcribing
For media reporters or business people, going out for interviews or meeting minutes can not avoid the need for recording. Although smart phones can realize simple recording at present, the effect is not ideal in noisy environments, and the operation during recording will also cause interference, so smart phones are not an ideal tool. The traditional recording pen is very effective in recording, but it is troublesome to edit and process or proofread words in the later stage, and it is easy to spend a lot of time and energy on transcribing words.
In response to this demand of users, Sogou Recording Translator Pen, together with smart phones, can use the "Sogou Recording Translator" app to achieve real-time recording rewriting, greatly improving the efficiency of post editing and proofreading, so as to truly improve productivity.
In the actual test, Sogou recording translation pen cooperates with app to achieve high reliability of real-time transcription with low latency, which is basically the effect of seamless recording transcription. In the whole test process, in addition to some relatively complicated Chinese and English voice input that may cause minor errors, the accuracy of transcription can be more than 90% under the condition of full Chinese voice input. This accuracy rate is very convenient for text proofreading in the later stage. You just need to sort it out and correct some typos. You don't have to worry about missing various details of interviews or meetings.
At the same time, the app provides a variety of sharing methods, which can quickly copy text to a new file, or save it as a long picture record, or even generate an independent link to share to WeChat or QQ, etc. The record can be settled after the interview or meeting, which saves a lot of time compared with the traditional way.
Compared with smart phones, Sogou recording translation pen is equipped with dual microphone array and professional Synaptics far-field pickup chip processing. The advantages of hardware bring better recording quality. Compared with ordinary recording pens, the recording layer can already meet the basic needs, and can also meet the needs of later recording to text, editing and processing, and real-time sharing. This AI recording pen is undoubtedly more versatile and intelligent.
Real time simultaneous interpretation
With the progress of machine learning and AI technology, Microsoft, Google and other manufacturers use AI to do simultaneous interpretation at their own press conferences to show their technical strength. Sogou also provided AI simultaneous interpretation as a tentative alternative to manual simultaneous interpretation at the Third World Internet Conference and other events. This time, a breakthrough brought by Sogou recording translation pen is to provide real-time simultaneous interpretation in consumer products for the first time.
In the past, at international conferences, simultaneous interpretation was provided by professionals on the spot, and the cost was not affordable for ordinary users. So how can Sogou Recording Translation Pen achieve its real time simultaneous interpretation with AI this time?
It is basically consistent with the official propaganda. In the actual measurement, Sogou's voice recording translation pen can be translated into the screen within 3 seconds. For many well-known speeches, Sogou's voice recording translation pen can also achieve the effect of automatic correction. For example, Churchill's speech used in our test can be well recognized. For common meetings or conferences, Sogou's voice recording translation pen can identify most of the words, which can help users better understand the content.
Due to the performance of the hardware and related technologies, the simultaneous interpretation of Sogou's voice recording translation pen currently only supports Chinese English translation. The actual effect also lags behind the manual simultaneous interpretation commonly seen in the current conference. Compared with the simultaneous interpretation effect provided by Sogou at the conference, it is also slightly insufficient, but it does make it easier for users to understand the speaker's content. The technology is constantly developing, and Sogou is expected to continue to enhance the performance of real-time simultaneous interpretation in the later firmware update.
dialogue translation
Since Sogou recording translation pen supports real-time simultaneous interpretation, ordinary dialogue translation is also included in the function. Similar to Sogou Travel Translator, set the language corresponding to the button, and press and hold the red/blue button to translate directly. In non conference or speech occasions, dialogue translation is more appropriate than real-time simultaneous interpretation, and supports more languages.
In terms of language, Sogou recording translation pen can support 18 languages, including Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean, which is very rich. From the perspective of common Chinese English translation, Sogou's recording translation pen has excellent recognition of Chinese, and there is no pressure in English. Under the condition of machine translation, it has been able to meet normal communication, and its performance is satisfactory; The Chinese Japanese translation is slightly worse than the Chinese English translation, but it is no problem to meet the general use. As a personal translator, Sogou recording translation pen can be said to be qualified.
summary
If the previous Sogou Translation Travel Treasure is a small test, this time Sogou Recording Translation Pen can be said to be going all out to bring innovation to the field of recording pens with its AI technology. The three functions of Sogou recording translation pen: recording transcription has greatly changed the efficiency of previous related work, real-time simultaneous interpretation has been added to consumer products for the first time, and recording translation has been merged, which not only solves the defects of traditional recording pens, but also adds a variety of practical functions.
Whether you need a practical voice recorder for work or a good translation machine for learning, Sogou voice recorder is a good choice and deserves to be included in your PICK list.
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